Market Place, pinfold

HER Number

15956

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Market Place, pinfold

Place

Houghton-le-Spring

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Pound

Site Type: Specific

Pound

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

The pinfold was located in the Market Place at the junction of what is now Lake Road, Nesham Place and Gravel Walks. In 1796 the ten Methodists in Houghton met at the pinfold. Their names were John Ward (leader), Anne Ward, E. Matthews, E. Bowden, W. Collpits, J. Lee, Alice Watson, T. Nicholson, D. Moore and J. Findlater. Houghton's first Methodist was Matthew Errington who had heard John Wesley preach in London in 1740.

Easting

434600

Northing

549930

Grid Reference

NZ434600549930

Sources

Paul Lanagan, 2012, Houghton Methodist Churches, www.houghtonlespring.org.uk; Paul Lanagan, 2013, Houghton's first Methodists founders of a proud tradition, article in Seaham and Houghton Star, Wednesday 24 July 2013